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Sue Sheriff: Better Than Anything

Read "Better Than Anything" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 24, 2016

It was in one of those art pieces often used to close an hour out on National Public Radio where a jazz vocalist was being interviewed about the durability and longevity of the “Great American Songbook." The singer remarked that as long as listeners age and have life experience, the standards composed between 1920 and 1960 ...

Article: Interview

Michel Benita: "sono proprio un figlio degli anni '60/'70"

by Paolo Peviani
March 21, 2016

All About Jazz: Dopo due album come sideman, al fianco di Andy Sheppard, il tuo primo album da leader con l'ECM. Com'è andata? Michel Benita: La prima registrazione con Andy Sheppard, Trio Libero, mi ha in effetti offerto l'occasione di incontrare Manfred Eicher. La comunicazione con lui è stata subito facile. Aveva già ascoltato ...

Article: Extended Analysis

In Paris: The ORTF Recordings

by Maurizio Comandini
March 14, 2016

Ogni tanto gli archivi sparsi nel nostro pianeta si aprono per regalare belle e rare emozioni agli attenti cittadini del mondo della musica. Non è cosa così semplice come potrebbe apparire superficialmente: per trovare questi tesori nascosti serve anche l'energia di un gruppo di persone che si appassiona e si mette a caccia delle cose nascoste ...

Article: Live Review

Steven Wilson at Theatre St-Denis

by John Kelman
March 12, 2016

Steven WilsonThéâtre St-Denis Montréal, Canada March 2, 2016 Perhaps one of the biggest signs of multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson's continued upward trajectory is this: less than nine months after selling out two nights at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2015, he brought his top- drawer band back to Montreal ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Marc Copland: Zenith and Haunted Heart

by John Ephland
March 11, 2016

Zenith InnerVoice Jazz 2016 There's some shared, ongoing history here. Between drummer Joey Baron and bassist Drew Gress, pianist Marc Copland has logged some pretty decent music time. Add trumpeter Ralph Alessi and there's a new element, one not found in the rhythm section's work with guitarist John Abercrombie or in the ...

Article: Album Review

Vitor Pereira Quintet: New World

Read "New World" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
March 9, 2016

This is Portugal-born, now London-based Vitor Pereira's second album for the F-IRE label which again features alto saxophonist Chris Williams, already renowned in the UK for his stellar work with Led Bib and Let Spin. It takes just a few plays but once you “get it," the albums starts to fall into place as something quite ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 Cd nel CD-Player di... Adam Rudolph

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 9, 2016

01. Alice Coltrane -Journey in Satchidinanda (Impulse! -1971). Uno dei primi LP comprati e ancora uno dei miei preferiti. 02. Yusef Lateefand Adam Rudolph -Live in Seattle (Yal -2014). Benché siano passati diversi anni da questa registrazione con Yusef, vi sento ancora cose nuove. 03. Toru Takemitsu ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Co-Improvisation: Explaining the Magic

by Victor L. Schermer
March 7, 2016

When we listen to great jazz performances, we pay most attention to the soloists, some of whom become our musical heroes. In that respect, jazz is an affirmation of the individual, the uniqueness and liberation of either the “free and joyful spirit," of whom there was none greater than Louis Armstrong, or the arduous struggle of ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Andreas Loven

by AAJ Staff
March 4, 2016

About Andreas Loven: Andreas Loven is a pianist and composer from Oslo, Norway, and is currently signed to the acclaimed Norwegian jazz label Losen Records. He departed from his career in engineering, moved to South Africa and ventured into jazz in his early twenties. He has since performed extensively in South Africa with artists such ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta March — Five Pianos: Marc Copland, Bill Stewart, Julian Shore, Bob Wijnen, Pablo Held

by C. Michael Bailey
March 3, 2016

Okay, Okay...OKAY! Bill Stewart is not a pianist, but his long-time collaborator Bill Carrothers is, so, LAY OFF! Marc Copland Zenith Inner Voice Jazz 2015 Pianist Marc Copland composes with a certain use of darkness, an updated musical version of Caravaggio's use of chiaroscuro in painting. ...